push up

See also: pushup and push-up

English

Verb

push up (third-person singular simple present pushes up, present participle pushing up, simple past and past participle pushed up)

1. (transitive) To make (something) higher; to increase.
   • 2004 July 1, Larry Elliott, “Fed turns tide on US interest rates”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     In a unanimous decision, the Fed's open market committee pushed up its federal funds rate by a quarter point to 1.25% and hinted that it would adopt a measured approach to any future increases.

2. To arise or jut out from; to thrust from.
   • 2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 60:

     The slab and piles will work together to resist 'ground heave' (the upward movement of the ground as it tries to push up into the box).

to make higher or increase

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